Synonyms for on the up
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ÊŒp |
Top 10 synonyms for on the up
- above-board
- aboveboard
- accepted
- accredited
- accurate
- acknowledged
- admissible
- all right
- allowed
- applicable
- approved
- apt
- authentic
- becoming
- befitting
- blameless
- bona fide
- canonical
- card-carrying
- celibate
- chartered
- chaste
- clean
- clean-living
- cogent
- comely
- commanded
- comme il faut
- condign
- conforming
- considerately
- continent
- contractual
- correct
- credible
- customary
- decent
- decorous
- decreed
- delicate
- dependable
- deserved
- detachedly
- direct
- disinterestedly
- dispassionately
- due
- effective
- effectual
- efficient
- enacted
- endorsed
- enforced
- enforcible
- enjoined
- equitable
- equitably
- established
- ethical
- evenhandedly
- exact
- excellent
- exemplary
- factual
- fair
- fair and square
- faithful
- fit
- fitting
- for real
- forensic
- forthright
- frank
- frankly
- genuine
- good
- granted
- guileless
- guiltless
- high-minded
- high-principled
- holding water
- honest
- honestly
- honorable
- immaculate
- impartial
- in the clear
- incorruptible
- inculpable
- indifferently
- ingenuous
- innocent
- irreprehensible
- judged
- judicial
- jural
- juridical
- jurisprudent
- just
- justifiable
- justified
- justly
- kosher
- law-abiding
- lawful
- lay it on the line
- legal
- legalized
- legislated
- legit
- legitimate
- legitimatized
- licit
- like it is
- literal
- logical
- mandated
- mannerly
- merited
- modest
- moral
- moralistic
- natural
- neutrally
- nice
- no lie
- noble
- normal
- of right
- official
- okay
- on the level
- on the line
- on the up and up
- on the up-and-up
- open
- open-mindedly
- openly
- ordained
- ordered
- orthodox
- outright
- outspoken
- overtly
- passed
- permissible
- permitted
- plain
- plainspoken
- polite
- praiseworthy
- precedented
- precise
- prescribed
- presentable
- principled
- probable
- proper
- protected
- prudent
- pure
- real
- realistic
- reasonable
- received
- recognized
- regular
- reliable
- reputable
- requisite
- reserved
- right
- right as rain
- right-minded
- righteous
- rightful
- ruled
- sanctioned
- scrupulous
- seemly
- sensible
- sincere
- soberly
- sound
- spotless
- square
- squarely
- stainless
- standard
- statutory
- straight
- straight arrow
- straight shooting
- straight-arrow
- straight-shooting
- straightforward
- strict
- suitable
- sure
- sure enough
- tolerable
- tolerated
- true
- true blue
- true-blue
- truly
- trustworthy
- trusty
- truth-telling
- truthful
- truthfully
- twenty-four carat
- typical
- unblemished
- undeceptive
- undefiled
- undisguised
- unfeigned
- unforbidden
- unprohibited
- unreserved
- unsullied
- untainted
- untarnished
- up front
- upfront
- upright
- usual
- valid
- veracious
- veraciously
- veridical
- verifiable
- veritable
- vested
- virtuous
- warrantable
- warranted
- well-founded
- what you see is what you get
- wholesome
- with an open mind
- with impartiality
- with objectivity
- within the law
- without favor
- without prejudice
- without reproach
- worthy
Définition of on the up
Origin :- earliest recorded sense is "to drive and catch (swans)," 1560, from up (adv.). Meaning "to get up, rise to one's feet" (as in up and leave) is recorded from 1643. Sense of "to move upward" is recorded from 1737. Meaning "increase" (as in up the price of oil) is attested from 1915. Cf. Old English verb uppian "to rise." Upping block is attested from 1796.
- As in lawful : adj allowable, legitimate
- As in legal : adj allowable, permissible
- As in legitimate : adj authentic, valid, legal
- As in on the level : adj quite honest
- As in permissible : adj allowable, legal
- As in rightful : adj legitimate
- As in truthful : adj accurate, honest
- As in veracious : adj TRUE
- As in virtuous : adj good, ethical; innocent
- As in legit : adj lawful
- As in decent : adj respectable, appropriate
- As in honest : adj truthful, candid
- As in objectively : adv impartially
- As in aboveboard : adv candidly
Antonyms for on the up
- abnormal
- affected
- bad
- biased
- corrupt
- counterfeit
- deceitful
- deceptive
- devious
- dishonest
- disobliging
- emotionally
- false
- fraudulent
- hypocritical
- illegal
- illegitimate
- illicit
- imprecise
- improper
- inaccurate
- inappropriate
- incorrect
- indecent
- inexact
- insincere
- insufficient
- intolerable
- invalid
- irrational
- irregular
- irresponsible
- lying
- misbehaving
- misleading
- partial
- poor
- prejudiced
- prohibited
- shady
- sinful
- subjectively
- taboo
- treacherous
- tricky
- unacceptable
- unaccommodating
- unbearable
- uncommon
- unconventional
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unfitting
- ungenerous
- unjust
- unkind
- unlawful
- unpermissible
- unreal
- unreasonable
- unrefined
- unreliable
- unrespectable
- unsophisticated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
- unwarranted
- vile
- wicked
- wrong
- wrongful
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